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On Thursday 23rd November, we held our second Bingo Night and I think it would be fair to say that it was an even greater success than last year’s. We filled the main hall to capacity and again much merriment was had!

This half term in Year 5 we have been looking at the work of the famous ceramicist Clarice Cliff. We looked at her colour choices and drawing style and tried to emulate this in our own way. We also tried to include elements from another famous artist Bodil Manz - a very different style! We hope…

From Wednesday 1st November till Friday 3rd November, the Year 6 went on their residential to Edale in the Peak District and the activities in which they partook included: ice-breakers (a variety of team-building activities that also familiarised the children with their leaders); night-hike on…

If not, you missed the amazing story of the Tusk Fish. This small creature swims across its reef to find a clam and carries it back again to a particular stone that the fish uses to break open the shell. Undaunted by the difficulty of the task,…

The Year 5 children visted the National Space Centre this week. With six interactive galleries, the UK’s largest planetarium and the iconic 42m high Rocket Tower, the award-winning National Space Centre was an out of this world experience. Have a look at some of the pictures and see what we got up…

This afternoon we crawled into the darkness of the tomb of Tutankhamun to discover the treasures inside. We were careful to only stay inside for ten seconds because of the poisonous gases that we might breathe in. We used torches to see in the darkness. When we came out, we drew pictures of…

On Friday 29th September we held our third Macmillan Coffee Morning to which many parents and carers attended. We succeeded in filling the dining hall and the number of delectable cakes brought in was astounding; so many in fact that we had to sell the remainder after school (50 plates of…

On Thursday 21st September Year 5 took a trip to Holme Pierrepont for their annual Safety Zone afternoon. The children learnt how to stay safe in a variety of situations with demonstrations and talks from Nottinghamshire police, East Midlands ambulance services, Fire and rescue services, the RNLI,…